FOR OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS IN THE ARMED FORCES, AND TWO DEGREES OF SEPARATION FROM OBAMA

Last week on his TV show, Glenn Beck played a video produced by Military Moms of America, an organization created by military moms and spouses for friends and family of the Armed Forces. You must watch the video. This tribute to our soldiers and the mothers who are their lifelines made my heart stop. Be sure to note the irony of the news crawl content as it plays.

Weeping here…

This is a follow on letter campaign that needs your attention! Please get those stamps out again and send this to the addresses listed below.
The Armed Service committees are the ones making the decisions for our military, they need to hear from us!!!
I want to thank Cindy Peak for writing this letter

United States House Armed Services Committee
2120 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Main Phone Number: 202-225-4151; Fax Number: 202-225-9077

Congressman Ike Skelton, Chairman
Congressman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, Ranking Member

United States Senate Armed Services Committee
Room SR-228, Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-6050
Main Phone Number: 202-224-3871; Fax Number: 202-228-0036

Senator Carl Levin, Chairman
Senator John McCain, Ranking Member

Dear Gentlemen:

We are military moms.

We have sons, daughters, husbands, and loved ones serving in the United States Military protecting the freedom of not only our country, but the freedoms of people all over the world.

And we are furious.

President Obama has promised to provide our loved ones with the resources to fight this war in Afghanistan. According to former Vice President Dick Cheney in his acceptance speech for the Keeper of the Flame Award on October 21, 2009 , “in August of this year, speaking at the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the President made a promise to America’s armed forces. ‘I will give you a clear mission, defined goals, and the equipment and support you need to get the job done. That’s my commitment to you.’”

We are furious because the President still, after more than two months since the request from General McChrystal, has not made a decision to supply those resources. His delay in providing the necessary and sufficient support to our troops means our children are dying unnecessarily. We desire your assistance in making sure the President keeps his promise.

We have written to the President demanding an explanation. We have received nothing. The President has time to party and raise money for politics, but no time for being the Commander in Chief and doing the right thing for our military. Instead he and his administration deem it more important to wage a war on Fox News and the Chamber of Commerce. Shame on him.

We are furious because you, elected officials who work for us and for those military men and women, are doing nothing to get them the resources they need to win this war. You could be urging this President to support our troops in Afghanistan. You should be fighting for them in Washington. But you are not. Your silence on this matter is deafening. Instead, you are playing politics with health care. The place people are actually dying in the streets is in Afghanistan. And some of them are in US military uniforms. Shame on you.

We are tired of your politics. We are tired of your games. This is not a game to us. These are our children, our husbands, our loved ones. Your political games do not even come close to measuring up to the importance of their lives.

We do not speak in Congressional jargon and eloquent platitudes. We are simple speaking women, but do not misunderstand. We will not be ignored.

We demand that you and others in positions of power (including the President) do your jobs and immediately provide them the resources they need to get the job done; change the rules of engagement so that our deployed forces can perform the mission they were sent to accomplish; and bring them home when the victory is ours.

Sincerely,

Military Moms

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